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About SystemRescueCd

Description: SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a
bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for
administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to
provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating
and editing the hard disk partitions. It comes with a lot of
Linux system utilities such as GParted, fsarchiver, filesystem
tools and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It can be
used for both Linux and
windows
computers, and on desktops as well as servers. This rescue system requires no
installation as it can be booted from a CD/DVD drive or
USB stick, but it can be
installed on the hard disk
if you wish. The kernel supports all important file systems (ext3/ext4, xfs,
btrfs, reiserfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs), as well as network filesystems such as
Samba and NFS.

Advanced uses

SystemRescueCd is available for blind people. Now, the linux speakup screen
reader is working well, and the speakup keymap is installed. This feature was
tested by Gregory Nowak. Notes specific to using speakup in SystemRescueCD are
available on the speakup info page

It is possible to make customized versions of the system.
For example, you can add your own scripts, make an automatic restoration of the
system. It is also possible to burn a customized DVD, with
SystemRescueCd and 4GB for your data (backup for example). Read the manual for
more details.

It is very easy to install SystemRescueCd on a USB stick. That is very useful in case you
cannot boot from the CD drive. You just have to copy several files to the stick
and run syslinux. The install process can be done from Linux or Windows. Follow
instructions from the manual for more details.

More information about this project

Please, ask questions and report bugs in the Forums.
We will not answer emails about personal situations by email.

SystemRescueCd is licensed under the
GPL-2 license. You can
contact us but please
use the Forums for technical and general
questions.